Almost 50 years ago, the Beatle stepped aside from the planet’s biggest band to create the soundtrack to Joe Massot’s movie Wonderwall. With the help of India’s finest musicians, he invented the idea of the world music crossover

The sitar is her passion but family comes first for Anoushka Shankar. She tells Laura Barnett about losing her father, meeting her film-maker husband, and why she's taking her three-year-old son on tour

This was Anoushka Shankar's first London appearance since the death of her father Ravi Shankar, and she began with a raga that he taught her – an instant reminder of her remarkable skill, says Robin Denselow